Another "An Old-School RPG" Kickstarter this time from Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall

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Fuck yeah. This is the most promising Kickstarter after Wasteland 2, as long as they don't get 1.9 million. Why would anyone want them to divert funds to a spiritual successor of Anachronox? I hope it makes $1,899,999.99.

My understanding of that particular goal is that if it's reached they'll both make a different RPG that feeds into each other. If it's not reached, they'll both work on the same game together. If anything you should want it to be like that and hope it makes a lot more otherwise he might get Anachronox in your Wizardy.

So it's not a case of the first $1,899,999.99 will go to the chick behind Wizardy and everything after that to the dude behind Anachronox.

I don't see anything promising here. I mean, I guess when it comes to KS's like this the big question is, "will they actually finish the game?" and this team certainly looks capable, but I don't trust them to be able to tell any kind of story.

Oh yeah, and I remember fiction. I'm not talking about a Final Fantasy character based narrative, but an old school RPG isn't going to win me over just because I'm nostalgic for these mechanics. It needs to have an interesting fiction of some sort. For me anyway. Nostalgia is always bittersweet in my experience. I do miss these old school mechanics, but set in "Old School RPG" (which I realize is placeholder, but it does impact my impression) I can just imagine generic setting, generic tone, generic experience.
Anyway... who's the cynical one here? hell...

Oh yeah, and I remember fiction. I'm not talking about a Final Fantasy character based narrative, but an old school RPG isn't going to win me over just because I'm nostalgic for these mechanics. It needs to have an interesting fiction of some sort. For me anyway. Nostalgia is always bittersweet in my experience. I do miss these old school mechanics, but set in "Old School RPG" (which I realize is placeholder, but it does impact my impression) I can just imagine generic setting, generic tone, generic experience.
Anyway... who's the cynical one here? hell...

I'm not that far into Anachronox, but yeah, if you know anything about the game (masterminded by Tom Hall) you'd know that is basically pretty fucking crazy in terms of setting. It's the game where you get a planet as a party member. The fiction is probably the most interesting thing about the game.